The Appreciations And Criticisms Of The Works Of Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic, widely recognized as a literary genius. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. G. K. Chesterton took great interest in the literature of Charles Dickens, writing several books concerning his life and his works: Charles Dickens – Biographical Sketch Charles Dickens – Critical Study Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens

Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens G.K. Chesterton

The Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens By: G. K. Chesterton

appreciations and criticisms of the works of charles dickens From G K Chesterton

Appreciations and criticisms of the works of charles dickens From G K Chesterton

Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens G.K. Chesterton Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens By G.K. Chesterton at he is hardly even a caricaturist; that he is something very like a realist.

Excerpt from Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens These papers were originally published as prefaces to the separate books of Dickens in one of the most extensive of those cheap libraries of the classics which are one of the real improvements of recent times. Thus they were harmless, being diluted by, or rather drowned in Dickens. My scrap of theory was a mere dry biscuit to be taken with the grand tawny port of great English comedy; and by most people it was not taken at all - like the biscuit. Nevertheless the essays were not in intention so aimless as they appear in fact. I had a general notion of what needed saying about Dickens to the new generation, though probably I did not say it. I will make another attempt to do so in this prologue, and, possibly fail again. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.